Many years ago, at the peak of the Cold War standoff, I read “Alas, Babylon” which begins with World War III and ends as a Fenimore Cooper tale of frontier survival in a small river town in Florida. It is, … Continue reading
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Anyone poking around in their family history quickly learns that one of the most important resources is the US Census. There, if you’re lucky, you can follow the trail of your people back through history, from the present to the … Continue reading
It sometimes seems as if we think of graft and corruption as the stuff of the robber barons and Tammany Hall that the progressive era fought, that Mr. Smith went to Washington to oppose or that we bemoan in sleazy … Continue reading